You’re most certainly ready to buy your first car, or, you want to buy a new car but you don’t really know which model to go for. While doing your second hand car searches you have most certainly discovered that the Lincoln Continental of “companies” are much less expensive to buy and appears to be an appealing offer. Nevertheless, these Lincoln Continental only have 2 seats and will therefore require a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this content page how to convert a 2-seater Lincoln Continental into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make a summary of the essential key steps that should be taken, then, we will see what are the modifications to be made on the car, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Lincoln Continental company into a 5-seater.

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The main key methods to convert a Lincoln Continental 2-seater into a 5-seater

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Here is the list of the main lines to follow if you want to to pass your Lincoln Continental company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
  • Take his Lincoln Continental to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes confirmed
  • To run his car through mine control.
  • Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.

Modifications to be made on the vehicle to convert a Lincoln Continental 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will therefore start our content page on the transformation of a Lincoln Continental 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be performed directly on the car in order to allow it to be accepted as a Lincoln Continental 5-seater.

Convert its Lincoln Continental to 5 seaters alone

If you want to do the majority of the process your self, you should know that it will be complicated. In truth, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Lincoln Continental easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:

  • You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the car by a professional.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Lincoln Continental into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Install the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these explanations, it is less complicated to ask an approved technician who will execute these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still desire to carry out the transformation of your new Lincoln Continental on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the necessary parts and search for manufacturer information related to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion performed by a professional

If you want to convert your Lincoln Continental 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the least difficult decision. In fact, he will have a easier access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will let you to execute the following steps without the slightest apprehension.

The administrative steps that should be taken to convert a Lincoln Continental into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Lincoln Continental 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.

The different steps to be performed in order to have one’s Lincoln Continental 2 places authorized as a 5 places

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You will discover below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Lincoln Continental converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes made on your Lincoln Continental, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow all the steps soon.
  • You have to bring the car to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
  • Take the car to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Lincoln Continental li>
  • Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Lincoln Continentalinto 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Lincoln Continental 2 seats to 5 seats can generate, it is important to know that a kit seats plus installation will cost you at a dealer on average 2500 to 3500 euros and that it is crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Lincoln Continental company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

If you have any additional questions about the Lincoln Continental, do not hesitate to consult our Lincoln Continental category.